Jakob Bek-Thomsen (MA) will be defending his dissertation:

Nicolaus Steno and the Making of an Early Modern Career - Nature, Knowledge, and networks at the court of the medici c. 1650-1675.

The defence will take place at the Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University Conference Centre, Richard Mortensen Stuen, Frederik Nielsens Vej 2, Building 1422, Aarhus.

Assessment Committee:

• Professor Helge Kragh (Chairman), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Denmark.
• Professor Peter R. Dear, Department of History, Cornell University, USA
• Professor Paula Findlen, Department fo History, Standford University, USA (will be attending by video conference) 

Supervisors:

• Professor Peter C. Kjærgaard, Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark.
• Professor Uffe Juul Jensen, Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark.

The dissertation may be consulted at the secretariat of the Department of Culture and Society, Jens Chr. Skous Vej 7, Building 1467, 4th floor, Aarhus.